Forseti is a small but active vanilla survival server and it keeps things simple. It is hard difficulty and it runs on the original Mojang software so you are not dealing with plugins or big mechanic changes.
There is no land protection and no minigames and no real money shop. It also tries to avoid constant chat spam so it feels more chill.
Since there is no grief prevention you should move far away from spawn if you do not want to get raided. The main rules are no racism or bullying and no cheats or exploits or lag machines. The server language is English.
You can vote using the in game links to earn XP rewards. You can manage a team with a web UI and player heads can drop so you can build a trophy collection. There is also a Warp Book so you can jump between spawn and your bed.
Forseti Hard Vanilla Survival No Plugins
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I found a brand new LifeSteal SMP that just opened and it started with around 10 active players. The server is only a few hours old so it still feels fresh and everyone is building up.
It is a paid host with a 10k world border and a 3 mace limit. There is a 20 heart limit too and the whole thing is meant to stay fair since there are no admins and even the owner does not have OP.
PvP is a big deal here and there are lots of strong players to test yourself on. There is spawn protection and rules against killing naked players or spawn killing.
Bedrock players are welcome and it is on version 1.21.11. It also has the kind of regular plugins people like such as villager in a bucket and string dupers and infinite villager trading.GG.MINEWIND.NET New Server IP